Prosecutors say woman seriously injured in planned sexual assault

Published 6:33 pm, Monday, July 10, 2017

Two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in what may have been a planned attack in Kirkland have been charged with rape.

Two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in what may have been a planned attack in Kirkland have been charged with rape.

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Charges: Men violently raped woman in Kirkland, fled by Uber

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Two men accused of sexually assaulting a woman in what may have been a planned attack in Kirkland have been charged with rape.

King County prosecutors say Levi Brower and Dominick Mariutto seriously injured a 23-year-old woman during a July 2 attack. Brower, 28, of Kent, and Mariutto, 23, a U.S. Army soldier stationed Texas, are alleged to have fled by Uber only to be subsequently arrested.

Writing the court, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Emily Petersen said the men appeared to have planned the rape to some degree.

“Brower and Mariutto committed a violent rape against a victim they knew to be intoxicated, leaving her seriously injured as a result,” Petersen said in charging papers.

Investigators contend the Brower and Mariutto met the woman at a Seattle bar and then, having lied about their names, rode to a Kirkland home with her. They are alleged to have helped her into the home before raping the woman, who they had never met before.

“The Uber driver who picked the defendant’s up from Kirkland, told police that the two defendants were ‘joking back and forth,’” said Petersen, noting that the woman was vomiting blood as the men left the home.

Brower and Mariutto are alleged to have told the driver they had been “having a good time” with women at the home but had to flee after their parents arrived.